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Dallas’ young offensive linemen could be in line to win the league’s newest award.
Last week, the National Football League announced its awards ballot would have an extra addition this upcoming season. The league released that it would be debuting a new award to honor the league’s top offensive linemen.
The award, named The Protector of the Year by the NFL, will be decided annually by a panel that includes a number of former standout NFL linemen, according to NFL.com.
The competition to win this award will be pretty steep, as only one lineman in the entire league will walk away with the honor at season’s end. With that thought in mind, Pro Football Network released an article last week detailing one lineman from each team who could be a candidate to win the award in its first year.
For the Dallas Cowboys, PFN selected 24-year-old Tyler Smith. The two-time Pro Bowler was an obvious selection for the Cowboys, as Smith has been one of the most productive linemen in all of football since entering the league in 2022.
